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JAMB Begins Sale of Forms Jan 10, Jans Cybercafe Operators

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ( JAMB) has said that it
is set to commence sale of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME) form for prospective candidates on January 10, 2019.

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar

The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this at a
meeting with Computer Based Test ( CBT) centre operators in Lagos, also
said that about 50 centres had been sanctioned by the board for various
infractions and unethical practices.

He said: “Cyber cafes have been banned from registering candidates
for the year 2019 examination over allegation of extortion.

They were
extorting and overcharging candidates, doing services that they do not
have capacity to do. They keep on deceiving candidates and we have no
way of tracking them because they are not registered. That’s why we
banned them.

“We know there will be uproar because these cyber cafes make
illegitimate money from candidates but we cannot leave the students at
their mercy, particularly when people will say it is JAMB extorting
them.

Seven hundred and eighteen CBT centres have been registered across
the country to handle the registration processes expected to last for
six weeks.

If you want to do any of our major services, choose any of
them.”

The registrar also said the examination body had set up a committee
of experts under Prof. Peter Okebukola to come up with an all-inclusive
method to be able to bend the rule to suit blind candidates.

Oloyede said only three institutions are yet to comply with the
December deadline issued them to complete their admission process.